Oliver Gavin's Corvette Racing highlights

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Gary Watkins

Jan 28, 2021, 12:43 PM

Oliver Gavin has stepped down from the full-time Corvette Racing line-up after a stellar career with the team spanning nearly 20 years. He looks back on a stint that encompassed, among other successes, five Le Mans 24 Hours victories

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After 19 seasons as a full-time driver for Corvette Racing, Oliver Gavin will line up for this weekend's Daytona 24 Hours in the unfamiliar environment of the Vasser Sullivan Lexus GTD team.

The 2020 IMSA SportsCar Championship finale at Sebring was Gavin's final ride as part of the GM factory team, bringing down the curtain on one of the most successful driver-team collaborations in modern sportscar racing history.

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Gary Watkins has, for reasons best known to himself, devoted all his working life to covering sportscar racing. This season is his 33rd as a motorsport journalist, during which time he has reported on major long-distance events on four continents and approaching 80 24-hour races. He reckons a degree in political philosophy makes him well qualified for covering the sometimes Machiavellian world of international sportscars.

Gary, who also writes for Motor Sport, Autocourse, RACER and others, lives in Surbiton close to the former workshops of the Cooper Formula 1 team but spends more time on the road than at home for most of the year.